Stone Age 'sex toys'

Swedish scientists have discovered that an antler-shaped carved object resembles a human penis, and guesses it is a sex toy from the Stone Age.

Although no conclusions have been made about exactly what the device does, it is not difficult for scientists to "jump" to that prediction, Live Science said.

"I, like you guys, think to explain what a shape like this is - and that leads to the image of a erect penis," archaeologist Gšran Gruber of the National Heritage Council. and joined the excavation team, said. "However, is it a stone's way of thinking, I don't know."

The relics carved from deer horns were unearthed by Swedish archaeologists last week.Photo: Live Science.

His idea of ​​a 10.5 cm long and 2 cm diameter object is similar to that of some other scientists

"No doubt anyone who lived in that period easily recognized the resemblance to a human penis, as we do today," wrote Swedish archaeologist Martin Rundkvist on his blog.

This artifact is found in Motala, where there are many antiquities from 4,000 to 6,000 BC. The geographical and weather features here allow conservation of many relics in good condition throughout the millennium.

"It's an object belonging to humans, so it's special," Gruber said. "Usually we cannot find objects related to the human body. Our archaeological site this time has good storage conditions, it is located in the bottom deposition layer, in the clay layers of the river. , very good".

This is not the first time a relic related to the reproductive organs of humans has been discovered. Another thing that makes people think of the agency was excavated in Germany in 2005. The relic is even older than the "toy" in Sweden: made 28,000 years ago, in stone.